Montanus (physician)

Montanus was the personal physician of Emperor Augustus during the 1st century AD. In 14 AD, when Augustus fell ill at Nola, Montanus advised him to eat food that had not been touched by human hand, not even by his wife Livia; he feared that the kitchen staff never washed their hands after using the lavatory, and that poison might be at play. He then told Livia about these restrictions, so Livia secretly poisoned the figs on the vine so that Augustus would pick poisoned figs and die quicker.